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PITTSBURGH, UNITED STATES - 2020/11/03: University of Pittsburgh students with Biden/Harris signs and stickers.On the University of Pittsburgh campus many students organizing get out the vote campaigns through signs, stickers, and text messaging their friends during the United States Election Day. (Photo by Aaron Jackendoff/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The Mess In Missouri: Our Pandemic-Election Risk Assessment Looks At MA, MO, MS, RI
We’re taking a state-by-state look at the places that appear most ready for a pandemic election, and the places that could be in for a big mess.
By , , and | October 9, 2020 2:00 p.m.
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Mississippi Takes Step Toward Dropping Confederate Image From Flag
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | June 27, 2020 7:29 p.m.
SEC Puts Pressure On Mississippi To Change Confederate-Themed Flag
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | June 19, 2020 9:26 a.m.
FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, a state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., in support of keeping the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. Mississippi attorney Carlos Moore is trying to revive his lawsuit challenging the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. Moore filed notice Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, that he will appeal a federal judge’s decision that dismissed the suit. The Mississippi flag has had the Confederate emblem since 1894, and voters chose to keep it in a 2001 referendum. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
MS Flag Under Renewed Debate Amid Movement To Scrub Confederate Iconography
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | June 13, 2020 1:10 p.m.
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 14: Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., is interviewed by CQ Roll Call in his Dirksen Building office, January 14, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 25: Protesters call for a vote on the NIFLA v. Becerra case outside of the Supreme Court on June 25, 2018. The case involves pro-life pregnancy centers and the requirement by California law to provide information on abortion. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 14: Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., is interviewed by CQ Roll Call in his Dirksen Building office, January 14, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
MS Gov Signs Strict Abortion Ban After Judge Rejected Less-Restrictive Law
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | March 21, 2019 2:33 p.m.
at Russell Senate Office Building on April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.
CBC Chair Calls MS Gov ‘Despicable’ For Not Acknowledging Black Lawmaker
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | March 16, 2019 9:31 a.m.
Six Mississippi basketball players take a knee during the National Anthem before the start of the game against Georgia at the Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Nathanael Gabler, Oxford Eagle via AP)
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